Countywide
Stories that affect all of Columbia County rather than one community.
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Buck season ends Nov. 6; coast bull elk rifle seasons open Nov. 14 and Nov. 21
Western Oregon rifle deer season closes next Friday. The two general coast elk seasons follow, with tag deadlines the day before each opens.
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Free national poetry contest open to county students through Nov. 15
Middle and high school students can enter one poem, no fee, for cash prizes and publication. Entries go through Submittable by Nov. 15.
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Razor clams are closed on the whole coast and the crab season test starts next week
Domoic acid has shut razor clamming from Washington to California. Mussels, bay clams, and bay crabbing are open. Commercial Dungeness testing the week of Nov. 3 will decide whether the…
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Columbia Business Alliance contracts head to Rainier and Clatskanie councils this week
Rainier and Clatskanie vote this week on $4,000 and $3,000 contracts with the Columbia Business Alliance, a Scappoose city program that inherited CET’s work. The county was asked for $75,000,…
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$2 million for courthouse security has sat unspent. A judge wants it used.
The state offered to pay for a $10,000 study of a single screened entrance at the county courthouse. Commissioners balked at the agreement, and a judge said $2 million for…
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County wants your blood Nov. 5 and your old mattress Nov. 14
The transfer station takes up to five mattresses per household free on Nov. 14, county employees host a Red Cross blood drive Nov. 5, and county buildings go green for…
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Columbia County ballot returns catch up with the rest of Oregon
As of Thursday morning, 30.9 percent of the county’s ballots were back, against 31.2 percent statewide. Republican and Democratic returns are even. The Tribune is updating the count each weekday…
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County lands $16 million to bring fiber to 3,077 rural addresses
State records show Columbia County was approved for four BEAD projects covering 3,077 locations, with about $16 million in federal grants and $13.6 million in county match, and executed its…
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County extends jail food contract without bids after a “sudden retirement”
Trinity Services Group’s contract expires Nov. 15 with no extensions left. The county says a retirement meant no one sought bids, so it is using emergency procurement rules to keep…
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What’s on the line Friday for Columbia County football
Clatskanie plays at league-leading Knappa, Rainier visits Corbett, and Scappoose can finish unbeaten in league play before the OSAA rankings freeze.
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Cross country’s road to Eugene runs through Warren and Rainier
Scappoose hosts the Cowapa League meet in Warren on Thursday and Rainier hosts 3A Special District 1 on Friday. The state meet is Nov. 7 in Eugene.
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County sports scoreboard, Oct. 19 to 25: Rainier routs Gaston
Rainier football beat Gaston 42-16 on senior night, Clatskanie volleyball finished 10-0 in league and drew a home playoff match, and Scappoose volleyball won twice 15-13 in the fifth set.